The embargo abruptly and drastically cut Cuba off from all ties with the United States, our closest market, the country with which Cuba had historically carried out the bulk of its foreign trade, and to which we were technologically linked as well.
El bloqueo privó de forma abrupta y drástica a Cuba de todo vínculo con Estados Unidos, nuestro más cercano mercado, donde se realizaba históricamente la mayor parte del comercio exterior cubano y al cual estábamos vinculados tecnológicamente.